Journal article
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 Update From the GBD 2019 Study
Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), principally ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke, are the leading cause of global mortality and a major contributor to disability. This paper reviews the magnitude of total CVD burden, including 13 underlying causes of cardiovascular death and 9 related risk factors, using estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. GBD, an ongoing multinational collaboration to provide comparable and …
Authors
Roth GA; Mensah GA; Johnson CO; Addolorato G; Ammirati E; Baddour LM; Barengo NC; Beaton AZ; Benjamin EJ; Benziger CP
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol. 76, No. 25, pp. 2982–3021
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2020
DOI
10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.010
ISSN
0735-1097